Several Additional Photos of Interest

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2010 Tartan Day celebration in historic St. Charles, Missouri. I am located in the center, wearing my brand new diced, fawn Balmoral, courtesy of Robert Mackie of Scotland and Dunadd Trading Company. I wore a rather large arrangement of white heather (my clan's plant badge),basically several sprays that I bundled together with green floral tape. I am also wearing oatmeal colored hose, a 16 ounce, strome, Macpherson red modern kilt, plain dark brown grained leather sporran with three tassels and a matching strap from L&M Highland Outfitters, Nova Scotia, a staghorn sgian dhubh, and my lovat green tweed jacket and waistcoat, bespoke from Kinloch-Anderson, Leith, Scotland. My aunt Carolyn, my father's wee sister, is located to the far right, holding the Clan Macpherson banner...as well as her very excited dog, aptly named, Seaumas Ban Macpherson!


2007 Clan Macpherson gathering in Newtonmore, Inverness-shire, Scotland. I am located direct center, speaking with Lachlan Macpherson of Glentruim and his mother, Lady Sandra Macpherson of Glentruim. Lachlan of Glentruim, represents a senior cadet within the Clan Macpherson; he is an armiger, as well as a Chieftain. He wears two eagle feathers in his bonnet to denote his rank amongst the clan. He inheritated the chieftainship of the Macphersons of Glentruim when his father, the late Euan Macpherson of Glentruim, passed away in 2002. The estate of Glentruim, is located in Badenoch, quite near to the wee town of Laggan in Inverness-shire. Note the Macpherson hunting tartan in which Lachlan and I wear. Lady Sandra is wearing the Macpherson of Glentruim tartan, which is the same sett as the hunting, with the addition of lovat green checks, instead of the usual black. I wear a spray of white heather in my bonnet. The traditional plant badge of the Clan Macpherson.


A photo, taken at the Golden Jubilee of the Clan Macpherson Association in 1996 showing the late Euan Macpherson of Glentruim, his wife Lady Sandra, son Lachlan, younger of Glentruim (at the time), and his daughter Catriona. Glentruim is handing over a deed of trust to Ewen Macpherson of Talla-Shee, for a piece of land (located on the Glentruim estate in traditional Macpherson lands) that was donated to the Clan Macpherson Association, by Glentruim, in order to have a memorial cairn built there commemorating and honoring Ewan og Macpherson of Cluny, the Macpherson Chief that fought for 'the young pretender' during the failed '45 rising.



My wife Stephanie and I at a Scottish event in Cincinnati, Ohio. The photo gives greater detail of my tattersal shirt, which is made of a lightweight flannel, and is usually only worn during the fall and winter months, my silk necktie from Ben Silver, Charleston, South Carolina, my plain navy blue with matching toorie Balmoral from Robert Mackie, Scotland, and my herringbone tweed lovat green jacket and waistcoat. Steph wears a shawl in the Macpherson red ancient tartan.


Myself and a couple of our friends at a wee pub in Cincinnati, Ohio. You can see the overall 'check' pattern of the shirt much better in this photo. It pairs nicely with my 16 ounce, strome, Macpherson red ancient kilt, the full-mask animal sporran, and the lovat green tweed-a nice 'country' look that isn't boring.